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Value for Money audits

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The Local Government Audit Service (LGAS) value for money unit carries out VFM studies on local authority operations, with a view to identifying best practice and recommending ways of improving existing procedures, practices and systems and thereby promoting efficiency and cost effectiveness. This work has focused on undertaking national studies of single issue topics and publishing reports thereon.

The unit is also carrying out progress reports on the implementation, by local authorities, of recommendations and performance indicators contained in national studies issued by the unit.

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